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US 12,735,228 B2Granted
Child-resistant front-opening reclosable enclosure
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Trammel, David Matthews
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Abstract
A reclosable enclosure includes front and back panels and a reclosable mechanism. The front panel and the back panel are coupled to each other and form an interior cavity therebetween. The front panel is configured to form an access slot that extends widthwise along the front panel. The reclosable mechanism is coupled to an interior side of the front panel along the access slot. The reclosable mechanism has a first profile and a second profile forming a zipper. The first profile includes a user tab that is accessible through the access slot. The user tab is configured to assist in separating the first and second profiles to provide an opening to the interior cavity of the reclosable enclosure.
Claims16
A reclosable enclosure comprising:
- a front panel and a back panel coupled to each other and forming an interior cavity therebetween, the front panel configured to form an access slot that extends widthwise along the front panel;
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- a reclosable mechanism coupled to an interior side of the front panel along the access slot, the reclosable mechanism having a first profile and a second profile forming a zipper,
- wherein the first profile includes a user tab projecting upward from an upper edge of the first profile, the user tab accessible through the access slot, the user tab configured to assist in separating the first and second profiles to provide an opening to the interior cavity of the reclosable enclosure, the first profile and the second profile coupled to each other at first and second crushed sections, the first and second profiles defining the opening to the interior cavity between the first and second crushed sections when the first and second profiles are separated the first profile includes a first interlocking element and the second profile includes a second interlocking element, the first and second interlocking elements being separably connectable to provide the zipper, wherein the user tab of the first profile projects from the upper edge of the first profile toward the access slot;
- and the first profile includes a lower sealed portion fixedly attached to the interior side of the front panel and a separable upper flange extending from the lower sealed portion, the separable upper flange including the first interlocking element and the user tab, the separable upper flange configured to be separated from the interior side of the front panel while the first and second interlocking elements are connected to each other, thereby permitting the access slot to at least partially open without separating the first and second interlocking elements.
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A reclosable enclosure comprising:
- a front panel and a back panel coupled to each other and forming an interior cavity therebetween, the front panel configured to form an access slot that extends widthwise along the front panel;
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- a reclosable mechanism coupled to an interior side of the front panel along the access slot, the reclosable mechanism having a first profile and a second profile, the first profile including a first interlocking element and the second profile including a second interlocking element, the first and second interlocking elements being separably connectable to provide a zipper, the first profile also including a user tab that projects upward from an upper edge of the first profile, the user tab accessible through the access slot and configured to assist in separating the first and second interlocking elements to provide an opening to the interior cavity of the reclosable enclosure;
- wherein the first profile includes a lower sealed portion fixedly attached to the interior side of the front panel and a separable upper flange extending from the lower sealed portion, the first interlocking element and the user tab disposed on the separable upper flange, the separable upper flange configured to be separated from the interior side of the front panel while the first and second interlocking elements are connected to each other, thereby permitting the access slot to at least partially open without separating the first and second interlocking elements, the first profile and the second profile coupled to each other at first and second crushed sections, the first and second profiles defining the opening to the interior cavity between the first and second crushed sections when the first and second profiles are separated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.